Today I went provision foraging again, first time in 11 days that I've done so...
I managed to go 20 days! I was getting antsy the last week, since I rarely go a full week without hitting up at least one grocery store.
(posted Saturday, 4-4)...My plan is to shop next week Tuesday, running my I-395 route from Market Basket to Price Chopper to Aldi, all just a hop off the interstate. After that, I should be good till the end of April.
Katie, you nailed it with the astronaut comparison! I went shopping yesterday for what I hope is the last time until next month. What an ordeal! I planned on going to three stores, so I made three different looking masks, one for each store. After a short nap in the wee hours of the morning, I gathered masks, gloves, a snack bag with germ-killing wipes, had a cup of tea while dressing and making myself presentable (I wasn't hungry to eat since we had eaten dinner our usual late time). Once in the car at 5:45
AM , I headed to the northern-most store, Market Basket. Got there about 6:05 for "Senior Hours (6-7)". There was a socially-distanced appropriate line outside of the store - maybe 50-60 people waiting there turn to go in. Since the first group of shoppers was already in the store, I circled back through what looked to be a half-filled lot and headed south to the next store, Price Chopper (terribly misnamed, since their prices are high) and found a parking lot with a lot fewer cars and no line. Managed to spend around $50 in less than half an hour, checked out, and headed to the car - all while wearing mask and gloves. Got all my shopping done during their same 6-7 Senior Hours. Once I returned the cart to the store, I
peeled the gloves off correctly, returned to the car, and hopped in. Pulled the first mask off and placed it into its "dirty mask" bag, pulled out a wipe, and cleaned any surface I might have touched starting with thoroughly cleaning my hands. Back on the road, I figured I had enough time to head home and store part of what I bought since Aldi wasn't opening for Senior Hours until 8:30. When I got out of the car I got a fresh wipe and cleansed all touched surfaces on the outside of the car, plus cleaned off the handle inside of the tailgate. Left shelf stable items in the garage for the suggested 3 day product quarantine, took the perishables into the house, and put them on the designated "dirty half" of my kitchen work table. Wiped everything down, let it air dry, and stored in fridge. *phew* Headed back out to Aldi, but first stopped at the corner coffee shop for a cuppa - supporting a local business. I got to Aldi just as they were opening their doors and got right in. After spending $111, did the glove/mask/wipe procedure all over again. Stopped back at Price Chopper for a back-up box of wine (their beer/wine section didn't open until 9) and a bag of bread flour. I also got a tub of ice cream. I was going to get it at Aldi, but it seems the bulk of their shoppers find it to be their comfort food.
Again with the glove/mask/wipes. Headed back home for the duration until I run out of food. Did the fresh-food clean-down again. After everything was tucked in safely I peeled all my outer clothing off and left it on hooks in the garage, ran upstairs to grab fresh clothes...no, I didn't. Instead I went straight to my nightgown again. Crawled into bed for an about three hour nap, then got up and put all fresh clothes on. After all that, I still managed to make supper.And I put fresh sheets on the bed and a clean nightgown on after my shower. I'm beat today. Guess I should grab all the cloth bags and my clothes and clean up all the fabric that might have creepy-crawlies on them.
If I end up getting sick (or, worse, bringing the bug home to Himself), I'll be majorly annoyed.
Meanwhile, it's back to 14 days of social distancing for us - only 6' air kisses and no
hugs. Gotta keep my guy safe.